Flexible receptacles such as purses and closure for the same



K. KRUMM March 19, 1957 FLEXIBLE RECEPTACLES SUCH AS PURSES AND CLOSURE FOR THE SAME Filed Aug. 8. 1955 FIG- INVENTOR. KLALJS KRLJMM FIG II'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIl:

La 2 M ATTORN EYS United States Patent G FLEXIBLE RECEPTACLES SUCH AS PURSES AND CLOSURE FOR THE SAME Klaus Krumm, Offenbach (Main), Germany, assignor to Ludwig Krumm A. G., Offenbach (Main), Germany, a corporation of Germany Application August 8, 1955, Serial No. 527,033

Claims priority, application Germany August 27, 1954 7 Claims. (Cl. 150-29) This invention relates to an improved purse or similar receptacle having an access opening and an improved closure for such opening.

It is an object of the invention to provide a purse or the like having an improved functional capacity and an access opening in a wall thereof with a closure which engages securely in such opening and in the plane of the wall.

Other and further objects and advantages will be made apparent in the disclosure of the accompanying drawing and in the following specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawing,

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a purse illustratively embodying the invention, the closure being in purse closing position;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the closure open;

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view looking from the right in Fig. 2, parts being broken away;

Fig. 4 is a view of the closure frame, apart from the :receptacle; and

Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the frame hinges on a larger scale.

Referring to the drawings the purse is shown as comprising opposed walls 1 and 2 connected along their :adjacent edges to form a compartment for coins and the like. The walls 1 and 2 as shown are formed of a single piece of leather, plastic or similar flexible material, folded :at 3, but it will be understood that the walls 1 and 2 may 'be formed of separate pieces stitched together along, or adjacent, the fold 3.

Preferably the end and side edges of the walls are turned inwardly and stitched together as at 4 with an intervening folded strip of leather or other material forming an outwardly extending bead S which enhances the appearance of the receptacle as well as strengthening and stiffening the connection of the walls and increasing the capacity of the purse.

One wall of the purse, as 1, is provided with a U-shaped cut 6, forming a flap 7. The free edges of fl-ap 7 and the cut edges of wall 1 are respectively clamped between the flanges of inner and outer channeled frame members 8 and 9, the cut 6 having a width substantially equal to the combined thickness of the adjacent channel walls between the edges of the cut. As best shown in Fig. 4 the upper or outer channel flanges of the frames 8 and 9 are respectively cut away adjacent the ends of the frames, as indicated at 10 and 11, the end portions of the lower flanges 12 and 13 of the respective frames being bent around headed pintles 14, as indicated at 15 and 16 respectively, to hinge the ends of the frames together. As is apparent in Figs. 1 and 2, the cut ends 10 and 11 of the upper flanges of the frames extend transversely of the cuts 6 at the ends thereof, the described hinge connections of the frames lying beneath wall 1 beyond the ends of the cuts. Preferably and as shown in Fig. 5, the inner flange extensions 1213 are bent downwardly to position the axis of the hinges substantially in the plane of the lower flanges of the frames, to minimize the distortion of the material of the wall as the frames are swung relative to each other.

As is apparent in the several figures the frames 8 and 9 are dimensioned for engagement, frictional or otherwise, the one within the other in the plane of wall 1, the frame 8, and flap 7 to the edges of which it is secured, being adapted to be swung upwardly and outwardly of frame 9 as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 to give access to the interior of the receptacle through the opening framed by frame 9.

To prevent inward movement of frame 8 beyond the plane of wall 1, one or more fingers 17 are cut inwardlyfrom the outer edge of the inner flange of frame 9 and bent inwardly, as best shown in Fig. 3, so as to be engaged by frame 8 when the latter is in the plane of frame 9. To more firmly but releasably hold the frames in a common plane one of the frames, as 8, is shown provided with recesses 18, while the mating face of the other frame 9, is formed with projections 19 positioned to snap into the recesses 18 when the frames are in a common plane, the frames being sufficiently resilient to permit forceful engagement and disengagement of the members 18 and 19.

To facilitate swinging frame 8, and flap 7 carried thereby, to open position, one end of a tongue 20 is fixedly caught beneath the outer flange of frame 8. As will be apparent tongue 20 can be grasped by the fingers of the user to pull frame 8 out of the plane of frame 9 against the friction resistance of the engaged frames and the resistance of interengaging members 1819.

The invention provides a closure which does not add materially to the thickness or bulk of the purse since it lies in the plane of one wall when closed and is part of that wall. When closed both faces of the purse are smooth and without projecting buttons or other fastening devices, and when opened the contents are exposed for easy inspection, selection and removal. The hinges of the frame are positioned beneath the Wall to which the frame is attached and are wholly concealed from view. While the invention has been described with relation to a particular purse structure of special utility it is equally applicable to other receptacles such as compacts, cigarette cases, pocket books and hand bags and other similar receptacles where the flatness resulting from the unity of the closure with the wall in which it is formed, and the position of the closure in the plane thereof, when closed, are advantageous. The area of the opening, relative to the dimensions of the wall in which it is formed, may be made to accommodate the nature of the contents of the receptacle by suitably dimensioning the flap 7.

What is claimed is:

1. A receptacle formed of flexible material and having opposed walls, one of said walls being formed with a U-shaped cut, the opposite edges of the out being clamped between the flanges of respective channeled frame members, the frame members being engageable one within the other in the plane of said one Wall, the ends of the frames being hinged together, the inner frame and the portion of the wall within the U cut to which the inner frame is attached forming a closure swingable outwardly from the plane of the wall and outer frame to afford access to the interior of the receptacle.

2. A receptacle formed of flexible material and having opposed walls, one of said walls being formed with a U-shaped cut, the opposite edges of the out being clamped between the flanges of respective channeled frame mem bers, the frame members being engageable one Within the other in the plane of said one wall, the ends of the frames being hinged together beyond the ends of said out to position the hinges beneath the wall in which the cut is formed, the inner frame and the portion of the Wall Patented Mar. 19, 19 57 3 the U cpt towhich the inner frame is attached a elesare .YZ I.1, ?h F QPWIllY.iEQEI the plane of the wall and outer frame to afford access to the interior of the receptacle.

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5- s eep e e a i c a m a t xiscf th hing eonnection of the frames being positioned substantially in the Pl??? 9 theinherf ah es 9f the frame,- 7 6. A closure frame comprising a pair of U-shaped,

' channeled members engage'able one within the other in a common plane with their channels opening in opposite directions, and means hingedly connecting the ends of the frames together.

'7. AIclQSuLe frame comprising a pairof, U-sh'aped, channel memberssmiglyengageable one within the other in a common plane with their channels opening in opposits: directions, the channel flanges forming'one face of the frames being Xtended beyondthe ends of the frames, the adjacent eatensions at each end of the frames being bent'aron'nd' respective pintles to hinge the frames together suhstantially in the plane ofthe channel flanges fi'o'rnwh'ich the eXten'siOn's eXfe fid.

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